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Time to Revisit the Public-Private Debate
Several months ago, I attended a local government conference. One of the speakers was a county administrator who described the challenges of his job. A member of the audience abruptly…
The Evolution of Nonprofit Finance in the United States: Earned Income, Enterprise Strategies and Social Enterprise
The United States has a rich history of nurturing nonprofits and thus has a nonprofit sector that is among the most dynamic and wide-ranging in the world, both in terms…
The Political Engagement of Nonprofit Organizations in the United States
After listening to recent media coverage reporting that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) delayed the application process for a range of organizations such as Tea Party groups and others for…
The Budget as the Financial Plan
The two previous columns have discussed two of the criteria by which the Government Finance Officers Association critiques budgets for the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award – that of a policy document…
The Role of State Centrism in Aid-Dependent Rule of Law Public Administration
Understanding State Centrism With dependence on U.S.-based foreign aid to maintain security and justice public administration, a heritage of elitist state control in a country can both perpetuate this dependence…
Environmental Nonprofits: Sharing with Government, Serving the Public
As the third sector, after the government and the private sector, the nonprofit sector is able to focus on specific concerns without the constraints of either bureaucracy or the perverse…
Are Employees Lazy and Stupid… Or Something Else?
Last month’s column described the roots of modern budget management systems in the progressive and reform movements that took hold in the beginning of the 20th century. Financial management was…
SCOTUS Delivers Color Blind Ruling: The Dismantling of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Introduction At the intersection of judicial policy and civil rights the U.S. Supreme Court delivered two divergent, landmark rulings last month with national implications. In United States v. Windsor (570…
Nonprofits and the Federal Government Working Together
Nonprofit membership organizations have or have access to tremendous intellectual capital, dedicated members willing to donate services and credibility with the media and the public. These assets can be tapped…
Data Mining and Policy Development: Three New Reports on the Road Ahead For Policymakers and LGBT Communities
In today’s policy world digital media use has exploded with the accessibility of data. In this column, we discuss three new reports that are available electronically which explore the challenges…
Promising Practices on the Homeless Front
Despite the bleakness of the situation with the homeless in the United States, where e-snap computer snafus have disrupted U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding and sequestration…
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